Shawn Buchanan is a consistent tournament crusher who seems to fly more under the radar than his ability suggests. However he's come unstuck here, going out in 25th place just before the bubble after losing a flip to Sorel Mizzi.
Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano has doubled up to 135,000 after he was all in preflop against David "Bakes" Baker. The Italian had against and the latter couldn't improve on a board.
After dwindling back down to under 100,000, David "Devilfish" Ulliott raised to 20,000 from the cutoff in one of the last hands of Level 17. Last year's champion, Talal Shakerchi, three-bet to 60,000 from the small blind. "I'm supposed to have a monster here," a hesitant Ulliott said before calling off for 75,000.
Ulliott:
Shakerchi:
Ulliott didn't have a monster, but he did have live cards. He needed some help to stay alive, and he got some on the . The turn gave Shakerchi even more outs against Ulliott, but the river would not be one of them.
In the very next hand, action folded to Ulliott in the hijack and he once again opened for 20,000. The Devilfish then began to sing as one by one his opponents folded to Joel Nordkvist in the big blind. Nordkvist thought for a bit and then slowly slid in for 111,000 total. Ulliott snap-called and showed that this time he held a monster.
Ulliott:
Nordkvist:
"There's always a sweat," Ulliott said when the flop came down . Nordkvist may have paired his ten, but that would be all the help he'd get as the and blanked on the turn and river respectively.
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Tony Bloom opened for 16,000 from the cutoff and was met by a three-bet to 42,000 by Philipp Gruissem in the small blind. After the big folded, Bloom moved all in for 118,000 and Gruissem called.
Gruissem:
Bloom:
Bloom got it in good and was looking to dodge an ace and spades, which is exactly what he did after the board ran out .
Right after winning that substantial pot from Mark Teltscher, Ville Wahlbeck has just given a few chips across to Simon Higgins. Rushing over to their table, all we could see was Higgins and a board of which made the latter a straight. We never saw the Finn's hand but obviously it wasn't good enough.
Still 26 players remain, there is a redraw at 24 and only 23 get paid.
On the river of a board, Team PokerStars Pro Ville Wahlbeck bet 70,000 only for Mark Teltscher to raise to 203,000. The Finn fidgeted in his seat, slightly uncomfortably.
After several minutes, he made the call and Teltscher tapped the table, "Ace-high," showing .
Wahlbeck flipped to bring his chip count into seven figures.
Afterwards, Teltscher wasn't too upset, "I don't hate my play, I can easily have the ace of clubs there."
After a player had opened from early position, Erik Seidel three-bet to 40,000 from the hijack. When action reached Team PokerStars Pro Ville Wahlbeck in the small blind, he put in a four-bet to 90,000 and the original raiser folded. Seidel thought for a bit before making the call, and it was heads-up action to the flop.
Wahlbeck was first to act and bet 70,000. Seidel responded by moving all in for right around 220,000 and Wahlbeck snap-called.
Wahlbeck:
Seidel:
It was a huge flop as Wahlbeck held an overpair while Seidel flopped top pair with a flush draw. According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Seidel had a 43.13% chance of hitting his hand while Wahlbeck would hold 56.87% of the time.
The turn was a blank, and Seidel dropped to a 3-1 dog. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . Seidel missed his plethora of outs, and just like that he was eliminated from the tournament.
With 100,000 or so in the pot and a board reading , a raising way saw Carla Sabini get her remaining 179,000 all in against Philipp Gruissem. Sabini held the for trips, and she was ahead of Gruissem, who tabled the for flush and straight draws.
"Red deuce. Red deuce. Red deuce," Sabini repeated as she got out of her seat. It was welcomed emotion in an otherwise stoic high roller event. The dealer didn't oblige, but the river was just as safe as a red deuce.
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board, Team PokerStars Pro Ville Wahlbeck bet 70,000 only for Mark Teltscher to raise to 203,000. The Finn fidgeted in his seat, slightly uncomfortably.
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